Hi,
I am having more and more issues with Windows 8.1 on my main computer while my Windows 8.1 ultrabook from Lenovo works correctly. Both machines are running Windows 8.1, but it seems they are running different versions. The Lenovo's Windows 8.1 is stripped down, without the possibility of installing Hyper-V, while the one on my main computer can install it. I don't intend to install Hyper-V; this is just an example showing that the two machines are running two different variants of Windows 8.1.
Are OEMs like Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc., installing a different version of Windows 8.1, maybe with less problems, than the one that we can order from stores like TigerDirect, NewEgg, etc.? If that's the case, does that mean I am stuck and should just throw this PC away and buy a preassembled machine with Windows 8.1 preinstalled? This is quite bad as preassembled desktops I saw are either low end or come with too stylish gamer-oriented cases I don't like at all. And I don't want to pay >500$ because Microsoft decided that now, we cannot install Windows ourselves.
My Windows 8.1 on my main PC is more and more unstable, having issues when shutting down (stuck at the "Shutting down" message), causing the ASUS Anti-Surge to trigger, audio is failing each time I start Ableton's Live and forces me to reinstall the M-Audio driver (rebooting doesn't fix it), all Metro apps are crashing systematically, pressing Windows-X doesn't always work. When falling back to the mouse to select something in the menu, the pointer drifts a bit several times I click so that selects the wrong item (probably GUI elements are too small or mouse is not accurate enough).
I am having more and more issues with Windows 8.1 on my main computer while my Windows 8.1 ultrabook from Lenovo works correctly. Both machines are running Windows 8.1, but it seems they are running different versions. The Lenovo's Windows 8.1 is stripped down, without the possibility of installing Hyper-V, while the one on my main computer can install it. I don't intend to install Hyper-V; this is just an example showing that the two machines are running two different variants of Windows 8.1.
Are OEMs like Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc., installing a different version of Windows 8.1, maybe with less problems, than the one that we can order from stores like TigerDirect, NewEgg, etc.? If that's the case, does that mean I am stuck and should just throw this PC away and buy a preassembled machine with Windows 8.1 preinstalled? This is quite bad as preassembled desktops I saw are either low end or come with too stylish gamer-oriented cases I don't like at all. And I don't want to pay >500$ because Microsoft decided that now, we cannot install Windows ourselves.
My Windows 8.1 on my main PC is more and more unstable, having issues when shutting down (stuck at the "Shutting down" message), causing the ASUS Anti-Surge to trigger, audio is failing each time I start Ableton's Live and forces me to reinstall the M-Audio driver (rebooting doesn't fix it), all Metro apps are crashing systematically, pressing Windows-X doesn't always work. When falling back to the mouse to select something in the menu, the pointer drifts a bit several times I click so that selects the wrong item (probably GUI elements are too small or mouse is not accurate enough).
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 3770K 3.5GHz
- Motherboard
- P8Z77-V LX
- Memory
- 16Gb
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA Asus GeFroce GTX 650 Ti
- Browser
- Firefox
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender